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ROCS Ma Kong
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ROCS Ma Konglarger figure on 3 of 3
SAS Charlotte Maxekelarger figure on 0 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source171.6 m (563 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | ROCS Ma Kong | SAS Charlotte Maxeke |
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| Power | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines , 80,000 shp total (60 MW)[source] | Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 6,100 shp (4,500 kW)[source] |
| Builder | Litton Ingalls , Pascagoula , Mississippi[source] | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel[source] |
| Laid down | 26 June 1978[source] | — |
| Launched | 24 May 1980 as USS Chandler (DDG-996)[source] | 4 May 2005[source] |
62 m (203 ft)[source]
Dead Weight
Single sourceFull
Single sourceLight
Single sourceLight: 6,950 t (6,840 long tons; 7,660 short tons) Full: 9,574 t (9,423 long tons; 10,554 short tons) Dead Weight: 2,624 t (2,583 long tons; 2,892 short tons)[source]
Submerged
Single source1,454 t , submerged[source]
at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), snorkeling
Single sourceat 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), surfaced
Single sourceat 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged
Single source11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), surfaced, 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), snorkeling , 400 nmi (740 km; 460 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Acquired | 30 May 2003[source] | — |
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| Name | ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805)[source] | SAS Charlotte Maxeke[source] |
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| Commissioned | 3 November 2006[source] | 14 March 2007[source] |
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| Status | Ship in active service[source] | in active service[source] |
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| Class & type | Kee Lung -class destroyer[source] | Heroine-class submarine[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | SPS-48E air search radar SPS-49(V)5 air search radar SPG-60 gun fire control radar SPS-55 surface search radar 2 × SPG-51D Missile Control Radar SPQ-9A gun fire control radar SPS-64 Navigation Radar SQS-53 hull-mounted sonar[source] | Sonar : STN Atlas CSU-90; hull mounted and flank arrays Radar : Surface search I-band Optics : Zeiss non-hull penetrating optronic mast[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 (V)3 OUTBOARD II EW Suite Mark 36 SRBOC AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed sonar decoy[source] | ESM : Grintek Avitronics, intercept + radar warning receiver ELINT : Saab S/UME-100 tactical electronic support measures[source] |
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| Armament | 2 × Mark 26 launchers with 68 × SM-2 Block IIIA SAM 1 × Mark 141 quad launcher with 4 × RGM-84 Harpoon 2 × Mark 45 5 in (127 mm) gun 2 × Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 4 × 12.7mm MGs 2 × Mark 32 triple tube mounts with 6 × Mark 46 torpedoes[source] | 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes , 14 AEG SUT 264 torpedoes ; optional UGM-84 Harpoon integration[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Sikorsky S-70C(M) helicopter[source] | — |
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| Namesake | — | Charlotte Maxeke , a South African religious leader and political activist[source] |
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| Operator | — | South African Navy[source] |
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| Test depth | — | 500 m (1,600 ft)[source] |
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